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Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Launches UAV Medical Program in Ghana
Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline will operate 30 drones out of four distribution centers to distribute vaccines, blood, and life-saving medications to 2000 health facilities across the West African nation daily.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation’s Mojaloop Finance Code Gains in Africa And Asia
Mojaloop will make payments faster, and through its centralist directory, more secure, said DFS.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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India’s ZestMoney Raises $20m to Grow Its Digital Lending Service
The round is led by Quona Capital, a stealthy Washington-based fund that invests in emerging market fintech and has an office in India.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Press release: Cornerstone Capital Group Introduces New Framework to Measure Impact of Investments
The Cornerstone Access Impact Framework™ offers a new, proprietary approach to investing in alignment with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing, SDGs
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Innovative Child Malaria Vaccine Test Starts in Malawi
"This is a landmark moment for immunisations, malaria control, and public health," Dr Kate O'Brien, Director of Immunisation and Vaccines at the World Health Organization, told the BBC.
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- Health Care
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Report: India’s Microfinance Sector Seeing Increasing Risk of Overleverage
Icra said in a statement that an analysis of the portfolio of micro finance institutions (MFIs) reveals that the ticket sizes and loan tenures are rising.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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- microfinance
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Goldman Sachs Earth Day Impact Report Shows Change Isn’t Easy
While Goldman has increased investment in green operations to $1.2 billion in 2018 from $701 million in 2017, it had more trouble gaining energy efficiency and managing carbon emissions.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Vietnam Telcos Ready to Pilot Mobile Money
The three operators have submitted applications to launch mobile money services that will allow customers to transfer money using mobile phones, including Vietnam's unbanked population.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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